Implication
Implication noun - Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied).
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Synonyms for Implication
Suggestion is a synonym for implication in proposal topic. In some cases you can use "Suggestion" instead a noun "Implication".
Suggestion
Suggestion noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).
Usage example: if you don't want to give the suggestion that you're evading the truth, you must look your questioner in the eye
Implication is a synonym for suggestion in insinuation topic. You can use "Implication" instead a noun "Suggestion".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- clue and implication
- clue and suggestion
- inference and implication
- inference and suggestion
- sense and implication
- sense and suggestion
- touch and implication
- touch and suggestion
- idea and implication
- idea and suggestion
- association and implication
- association and suggestion
- hint and implication
- hint and suggestion
How words are described
| good | good implication | good suggestion |
| usual | usual implication | usual suggestion |
| obvious | obvious implication | obvious suggestion |
| romantic | romantic implication | romantic suggestion |
| Other adjectives: strong, real, slight, subtle, interesting, inherent, early, vague, general, possible, mere, slightest, odd, strange, latter, occasional, troubling, earlier. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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The implication is that the above example only existed because of Dream's suggestion.
Source: Comic Book / The Sandman -
When we play the actual level, the only implication that he's obsessed is when he shoots down Merrick's suggestion to abandon the mission entirely.
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There's no suggestion in the film that he invents the irrigation system, but there's a clear implication that he's the only person with the initiative to think of digging for water, or the skill to find it.
Source: Artistic License History
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Suggestion and Implication. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/implication/suggestion
Implication & Suggestion. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/implication/suggestion>.
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